A&H - Art & History Museums Maitland

National Historic Landmark Tour
2023-04-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-04-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-03-04 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-23 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Step out of time into the fantasy architecture and lush gardens of Greater Orlando’s only National Historic Landmark, the Maitland Art Center. Now home to the Art & History Museums of Maitland, the Maitland Art Center was founded in the 1930s by visionary artist J. André Smith as an artists’ retreat. On this guided walking tour, you’ll pass thousands of sculptures, carvings, and murals while hearing fascinating stories about the history they represent. This tour is appropriate for all ages but recommended for ages 13 and up.
This tour is offered 1st & 3rd Saturdays + 2nd & 4th Thursdays of every month, except holidays.

If you are an A&H member, this event is free! Just enter the code from your membership card at checkout. If you’d like to become a member of A&H and enjoy all the exciting free and discounted programming offered to our members, visit here
Los tours en español se ofrecen el último sábado de cada mes: obtener entradas

Space is limited. Advance registration is required, and includes admission to the 3 main campus museums >>

Last Wednesday: After Hours at the A&H
2023-03-29 17:30 - 20:00, 2023-02-22 17:30 - 20:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Grab a drink, mingle, and discuss the art in our gallery every Last Wednesday of the month! Enjoy free entry to the Maitland Art Center’s current gallery exhibition and a cash bar.
Become part of the cultured community that gathers in the evenings at A&H for drinks and conversation as the sun sets over our beautiful gardens.
To reserve your spot for this free event, register here >>
A tour with Chief Curator Dan L. Hess will take place during each Last Wednesday, from 5:30-6:15pm. Learn more here >>

A&H: The Art Party gala 2023
2023-03-25 18:00 - 22:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
This second-annual celebration & fundraiser on the beautiful A&H campus is not to be missed.
See: live painting
Listen: DJ & artist interviews
Play: bring friends & talk with artists
Imbibe: creative light bites & cocktails
Acquire: auction of live painted works & merch with event-exclusive art
Be seen: creative cocktail attire & VIP tent
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Tour de Monumento Histórico Nacional (Tour in Spanish)
2023-03-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-02-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2023-01-21 10:00 - 11:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Salte fuera de tiempo y entra a la arquitectura de fantasía y los exuberantes jardines del único Monumento Histórico Nacional en la gran ciudad de Orlando – el Maitland Art Center. Ahora hogar de los Art & History Museums of Maitland, el Maitland Art Center fue fundado en 1939 por el artista y visionario J. André Smith como un retiro de artistas. En este tour guiada a pie, pasarás por miles de esculturas, tallas y murales mientras escuchas los cuentos fascinantes sobre la historia que representan. Este tour es apropiado para todas edades pero se recomienda para mayores de 13 años.

Si eres miembro de A&H, ¡este evento es gratuito! Simplemente ingrese el código de su tarjeta de membresía al momento de pagar. Si desea convertirse en miembro de A&H y disfrutar de toda la emocionante programación gratuita y con descuento que se ofrece a nuestros miembros, visite aquí
Este tour se ofrece en inglés cada primer y tercer sábado y segundo y cuarto jueves, encuentre boletos aquí

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Little Creatives and Me
2023-03-15 10:00 - 23:00, 2023-02-15 10:00 - 23:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Songs, stories and art time, especially for babies and toddlers and their very special person.
Join us in the main garden on the historic grounds of the Art & History Museums. We’ll have a themed circle and story time plus an art activity especially for littles! A snack will be provided too. Recommend age: under 3, and their very special person (parent, grandparent, caregiver). Older siblings are always welcome!
Space is limited and registration will close 2 days before the program date. Register>>
Please arrive about 5 minutes early to give yourself time to park and walk over to the main garden. We will begin promptly at 10 am. If you’d like, please bring a picnic blanket for your family.
This program is brought to you free of charge by the Art & History Museums of Maitland.

Intro to Sashiko (Japanese Embroidery) | One Day Workshop
2023-03-04 13:30 - 17:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, March 4 | 1:30-5:00pm
Instructor: Candace Stern
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $60 + $25 Materials fee payable to instructor at the start of class
In this workshop, you will learn a little about the history of Sashiko, a decorative reinforcement stitching from Japan. Create your own small fabric collage using the basic running stitch for this form of embroidery. The 4 x 4″ embroidered “patch” you make can be used to embellish a jacket, jeans, a shirt, etc. Join Candace to get started with this meditative and fun method of hand stitching! All tools, fabrics and thread to create will be provided by instructor, but feel free to bring your own scissors/thimbles if you have favorites.
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Travel Tales with Kendra Frorup
2023-02-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Kendra Frorup’s exhibition (Un)Common Form is currently showing in A&H’s Maitland Art Center Gallery. The show is an exploration of artist Kendra Frorup’s Bahamian roots as well as a conversation about her travels throughout the African diaspora. Gallery guests will encounter everything from reclaimed wooden doors and broken lamps to the hands of a Haitian Voodou Priest, cast from the wax of his own prayer candles.
This Wednesday, February 22nd, at 6:30pm guests can meet the artist herself as she shares stories of her adventures and the creation of these incredible works during a complimentary artist’s talk at the Art & History Museum’s of Maitland’s Last Wednesday event!
This talk is free and open to the public. Space is limited and pre-registration is recommended.
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MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBITION, (UN)COMMON FORM
This exhibition pulls guests into conversation with Frorup’s work through both augmented reality and physical interaction with her sculptures. “Pecking Order” invites visitors to gently rock a kettle to set a sea of chickens bobbing below a towering wave of text about the sculptures’ origins. “Collecting Plates,” an installation of more than 50 dishes, uses augmented reality to bring members of The Links Inc. (whose global membership numbers thousands of women of African descent) face-to-face with gallery visitors to share stories of their successes. Read more on our website, here: artandhistory.org/event/uncommon-form/2023-02-04/
MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST, KENDRA FRORUP
Artist Kendra Frorup was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and embodies her memories of this time in her work. She has also traveled extensively throughout Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania. Frorup earned her BFA in Sculpture at the University of Tampa and her MFA at Syracuse University, and is currently an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Tampa. Her website is available here: kendrafrorup.com/artist.html
MORE ABOUT LAST WEDNESDAYS
Last Wednesdays occur monthly and offer free admission to our grounds and galleries–now showing (Un)Common Form: Works by Kendra Frorup–from 5:30-8pm, as well as special events including tours and talks.

A&H Book Club
2023-02-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the A&H Members-Only Book Club! Join A&H Director of Advancement Jessi VanPelt every other month to share your opinions on fascinating topics in the realms of art and history. This month we will meet in the Maitland Art Center gallery. At the end of each meeting, we’ll vote on what book to read together next.
At this meeting, we’ll discuss Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa, by Marilyn Chase. In this compelling biography, the author brings Asawa’s story to vivid life. She draws on Asawa’s extensive archives and weaves together many voices—family, friends, teachers, and critics—to offer a complex and fascinating portrait of the artist. Born in California in 1926, Ruth Asawa grew from a farmer’s daughter to a celebrated sculptor. She survived adolescence in the World War II Japanese-American internment camps and attended the groundbreaking art school at Black Mountain College. Asawa then went on to develop her signature hanging-wire sculptures, create iconic urban installations, revolutionize arts education in her adopted hometown of San Francisco, fight through lupus, and defy convention to nurture a multiracial family.
You can find this title on Amazon (in print, audio and Kindle) as well as many online used bookstores. Choose us as your Amazon Smile charity and we’ll receive 0.5% of all your Amazon purchases as a donation: https://smile.amazon.com/Everything-She-Touched-Biography-Sculpture/dp/1452174407/
Book Club meetings are just $5 (which includes snacks and sodas). Space is limited so you must register in advance. If you’re not a current A&H member, you must join or renew before Book Club date. Membership payments cannot be accepted at the event.
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org.

Free Family Day: Early Spring at A&H!
2023-02-18 11:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Our Early Spring Family Day is free of charge and sponsored by Massey Services.
Come celebrate the first signs of spring at the Art and History Museums in Maitland with a morning filled with nature-themed art activities all over our National Historic Landmark campus!
In the Mayan courtyard, we’ll have a pinch pot clay art workshop, where children can hand-build their own clay pot embellished with tiny treasures from nature! Our pinch pots are inspired by A&H’s founding artist, J. André Smith, who created many of the nature-themed sculptures on our National Historic Landmark campus. Your special creations will be ready to take home after the workshop!
In our main garden, children will use their observational skills on an “I Spy” spring-themed scavenger hunt and create art in a mini sketchbook from the sights they see in our garden, like floating lily pads, tiny tadpoles, budding flowers – and even cement carvings adorned on the garden’s walls, doors and pathways designed by J. André Smith.
Before leaving, children can take a bit of our garden home by decorating a recycled pot and planting seedlings for the new season.
We’ll have more surprises too, like face painting and complimentary admission to all our main campus museum attractions—including our contemporary art museum filled with sculptural work by Bahamian-born sculptor Kendra Frorup, our interactive Telephone Museum, and the Indigenous history exhibition in our Maitland History Museum.
Space and craft supplies are limited, so reserve a spot for your family today!
Space is limited, so reserve a spot for your family today>>

Spinner Ring | One Day Workshop
2023-02-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Sunday, February 12 | 10am- 1pm
Instructor: Jim Hosner
Location: Studio 5 at the Maitland Art Center
Cost: $60 + $20 materials fee
Learn to create a ring with a unique form! In this workshop, you will make an anticlastic ring which flares out at the ends, allowing a second ring to spin freely around the outside. This 3-hour workshop is appropriate for beginners.
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Traditional Ebru Marbling on Paper | One Day Workshop
2023-02-11 10:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, February 11 | 10-4pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $145 plus Materials Fee of $35 payable to instructor at the start of the workshop.
Unlike many Art Forms which take years to master, marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and success! Peggy teaches the traditional marbling techniques using carrageenan and acrylic paints. You will learn fascinating patterns of Feather, Bird Wing, Swirl, Chevron, Peacock, etc. You will create 10-15 marbled papers which can be incorporated into greeting cards, scrapbooking, collages, framed art, journal covers and so much more. Plus, at the end of the workshop, we will get to experiment with pieces of cotton and silk too! The last 30 minutes of the workshop will be spent finishing our projects and cleaning up. Reference books & handout packet provided.
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Members-Only Dog Meetup
2023-02-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Make new friends at the new A&H Members-Only Dog Meetup! Join A&H Director of Advancement Jessi VanPelt and her pup in the Main Garden for family-friendly fun with other A&H members! Relax with your pup and enjoy a scavenger hunt with prizes.
Cost is $5 per dog and includes an exclusive collectable dog bandana inspired by our National Historic Landmark. Space is limited, so you must register in advance. If you’re not a current A&H member, you must join or renew before event date. Membership payments cannot be accepted at the event.
If you have any questions or need to verify your membership status, contact Jessi at jvanpelt@artandhistory.org.

(un)Common Form
2023-02-04 11:00 - 2023-04-02 16:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
20The concept for (Un)Common Form began as an experiment, a question that we posed to ourselves. Could we craft an exhibition that would reveal the unspoken conversations between a sculptor and their chosen material choices, revealing the how and why, along with the history and the relevance of their physical palette? Our answer came in the form of this solo exhibition of work by Bahamian sculptor Kendra Frorup. Her work speaks of the influence of the culture of the Bahamas on her identity, of her travels, of her deep understanding of material processes and of how common everyday objects can be liberated from their original constraints to speak of higher things. (Un)common Form is the first in a series of five exhibitions in 2023: a diverse season of artists, mediums, conversations, and voices, all revolving around the theme of (Un)common Conversations.

The show is an exploration of artist Kendra Frorup’s Bahamian roots as well as a conversation about her travels throughout the African diaspora. Gallery guests will encounter everything from discarded wood and broken lamps to the hands of a Haitian Voodou Priest, cast from the wax of his own prayer candles.
Frorup’s work pulls guests into conversation with her art through augmented reality and physical interaction with her sculptures. “Pecking Order” invites visitors to gently rock a kettle to set a sea of chickens pecking below a towering wave of text that speaks to the sculptures’ origins. “If I Fall Asleep” invites viewers to bend low and put themselves as off-balance as the artwork itself appears to be. “Collecting Plates” is an installation of more than 50 dishes. It uses augmented reality to bring members of The Links Inc., whose membership numbers thousands of women of African descent, face-to-face with gallery visitors to share stories of their successes.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist Kendra Frorup was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas, and embodies her memories of this time in her work. She earned her BFA in Sculpture at the University of Tampa and her MFA at Syracuse University. She is currently an assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Tampa. Gil DeMeza, one of her former professors at the University of Tampa, describes Frorup as “the collector,” stating that her “unique ability to take the old, used, and discarded and turn them into other-worldly, exquisite moments in time is like a magical talent.” Frorup states that her work “delves into a personal history formed by different cultural motivations and through the investigation of the evocative qualities of a variety of materials.”
In 1989, she embraced an opportunity to study art and live in the United States. “In an atmosphere of possibility and experimentation—combined with traditional methods of casting, carving, and construction—I began to create representational images or the essence of forms that are considered a commonality within my culture. The progressive concept of repetition in my work implies that repeated effort may be necessary to accomplish things but that the accomplishment is worth the struggle. The mindset of a collector and an affection for disdained items, urban refuse, and industrial materials is central to the process of art-making to me as an artist. The objects used within the artwork maintain their integrity to reflect where they have been, and the artwork I create is reflective of who I am.”
Frorup has also traveled extensively throughout Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania. I gained familiarity with issues—with terms and concepts involved in discussing African art—and I analyzed selected African art forms, artists, and regions.” Elements of all these experiences—the memories and the history, as well as all the learned processes—are reflected in Frorup’s work. Her work can be found in major international collections.

Silk Painting Galore | One Day Workshop
2023-02-04 10:00 - 16:00 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, February 4 | 10am-4pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $120 + $30 materials fee
Discover, create, and explore the exciting techniques of silk painting. Everyone is successful! Students will learn resist application, color blending, color mixing, paint, and salt techniques. You will create a Long Silk Scarf or Silk Wall Art to frame or to use in pillows/quilts, etc. A wealth of designs, reference books and handouts provided. No experience necessary. Fun, easy, and creative art form!
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Opening Reception for (Un)Common Form
2023-02-03 18:30 - 21:00 | Art & History Museums – Maitland, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, 32751, United States
Celebrate the opening of this new exhibition with music, a food truck, and the artists on our beautiful National Historic Landmark campus!
Meet the featured artist and the curator, and enjoy the A&H’s beautifully lit campus at night as you explore the new exhibition! The party will also feature Burgers & Booch food truck, music by DJ Monegro, and a bar.
Free for A&H members (promo code via email on January 5); $10 general ($15/door)
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A Taste of Silk Painting | One Day Workshop
2023-01-21 13:00 - 15:30 | The Cottage, 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, 32751, United States
Saturday, January 21 | 1-3:30pm
Instructor: Peggy Wertheim
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $55 + $20 materials fee
Discover, enjoy, and create fine radiant art on silk using the Gutta Serti Technique. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Everyone is successful! DESIGNS PROVIDED! This is an incredible artform where no mistakes can be made. Students will delve into and learn resist application, color blending, salt techniques, and paint applications to create one or two 14” hooped silk paintings ready to take home to enjoy & hang on your wall. A wealth of design ideas and reference books provided.
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